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BRUXELLES (AFP) – According to a coalition government agreement struck Thursday, Belgium will shut down all seven of its nuclear reactors by 2025 but will not exclude out new-generation nuclear technology. According to a government source, the all-night talks included an agreement on “investments of about 100 million euros ($Read More →

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SANAA, Egypt (AFP) – UN assistance flights into Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa have been suspended due to air attacks by the Saudi-led coalition backing the government, an airport spokesman said Tuesday. “The airport is no longer able to receive planes operated by the United Nations or international humanitarian organisations” asRead More →

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HONG KONG (AFP) – World powers slammed Hong Kong’s closely scrutinised legislature vote on Monday, saying Beijing-imposed procedures that cut directly elected seats and limited who could run had degraded democracy in the Chinese colony. In reaction to massive and frequently deadly democratic rallies two years ago, China oversaw aRead More →

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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – The death toll from the fiercest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has risen to 208, making it one of the country’s worst storms in recent years, according to the national police. Typhoon Rai wreaked havoc on the archipelago’s southern and central areas, leaving atRead More →

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TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) – After earlier cameras were smashed in an incident Tehran blamed on Israel, Iran announced Sunday that technical assessment of new security cameras for the Karaj nuclear plant has begun. The new cameras were delivered by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to replace ones damaged onRead More →

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KABUL (AFP) – Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said on Saturday that they will begin issuing passports in Kabul, offering those who feel intimidated living under Islamist rule hope. Thousands of Afghans have sought for fresh travel papers in order to flee a deepening economic and humanitarian catastrophe characterised by the UNRead More →

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MOSCOW (AFP) – On Friday, Russia’s media regulator ordered that YouTube unlock a German-language channel of Russian official broadcaster RT, calling the action “destructive” censorship. After eliminating the network’s German stations RT DE and Der Fehlende Part earlier this year, YouTube banned a new RT channel on Thursday. RT, formerlyRead More →

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CEBU (AFP) – The fiercest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has killed at least 12 people, according to the disaster service, as the storm rushed through the island uprooting trees, collapsing electricity lines, and flooding communities. More than 300,000 people evacuated their homes and coastal resorts when TyphoonRead More →

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AFP, PORT-AU-PRINCE According to a local authority, at least 50 people were murdered when a gas truck exploded in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Tuesday morning, with the death toll expected to grow. Deputy Mayor Patrick Almonor said he saw more than 50 badly charred bodies at the bombRead More →